Shane Lowry was assessed a two-stroke penalty following his second round at the Open Championship on Friday after the broadcast video feed appeared to show his ball moving slightly when he took a practice swing in the rough on the 12th hole. ... Read full Story
Scottie Scheffler made eight birdies on another wild afternoon of weather at Royal Portrush to build a one-shot lead at the Open Championship heading into the weekend. ... Read full Story
Bryson DeChambeau says he is all for the Turnberry course in Scotland -- owned by President Donald Trump -- hosting an Open Championship for the first time since 2009. ... Read full Story
Rory McIlroy carded a 2-under 69 in the second round of The Open to give him back-to-back under-par rounds and, most importantly, a tee time on the weekend. ... Read full Story
Bryson DeChambeau improved his score by 13 strokes and shot one of the low rounds of the day -- a 6-under 65 -- to jump back up to 1 over and be near the projected cut line. ... Read full Story
Ben Martin scored 16 points Thursday to take a two-point lead over David Lipsky and Nick Watney after the first round of the Barracuda Championship. ... Read full Story
Matt Fitzpatrick, Jacob Skov Olesen, Haotong Li, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Harris English share the first-round lead at the Open Championship at 4-under 67. ... Read full Story
Six years after recording a quadruple-bogey 8 on No. 1 at Royal Portrush, Rory McIlroy carded a bogey-5 en route to a 1-under 70 that left him right in the mix at the Open. "I didn't feel like I was walking into the unknown this time around," he said. ... Read full Story
Scottie Scheffler hit only 3 of 14 fairways at Royal Portrush, but he still finished with a 3-under 68 and is among the early leaders at the Open Championship. ... Read full Story
Jon Rahm downplayed a terse interaction with a fan during the first round of The Open Championship, saying bad timing on a whistle during his backswing drew his frustration. ... Read full Story
Scottie Scheffler, unsurprisingly, heads into another major as the betting favorite, but bettors are largely supporting European players ahead of the action teeing off from Northern Ireland at the Open Championship. ... Read full Story
"The Air Medal is awarded to anyone who distinguishes themselves through meritorious achievement while flying." — Rick Mauch, The Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
Did you know?
People who demonstrate meritorious behavior certainly earn our respect, and you can use that fact to remember that meritorious has its roots in the Latin verb merēre, which means "to earn." (Merēre is also the source of the English noun and verb merit.) Nowadays, the rewards earned for meritorious acts are likely to be of an immaterial nature—gratitude, admiration, praise, etc.—but that wasn't always so. The history of meritorious recalls a reward more concrete in nature: cold, hard cash. In Latin, meritorious literally means "bringing in money."